Susie, Jeff, Bill, Jacques and two Haitian police (as security), crossed the border into Haiti around 6 am Sunday, and arrived at the Williamson project late this afternoon. Unfortunately, things are not as we had hoped. Typically we have approximately 85 total employees with around 1/3 of them working eight hour shifts around-the-clock — instead there were a handful of employees on site trying to take care of hundreds of children. Many of the children have not had water or food in two days, the handicapped children have a bed sores, and they are trying to stabilize the situation in Williamson before nightfall. There is no diesel fuel to run the generators, which power the water pumps, electric and Internet communications. The well hand pumps are largely ineffective. They are getting water and food for the children this evening, and then searching for a place to stay that might have Internet or other communications.
We have now reports that the children of the abandoned baby unit have been two days without food and water. They are reportedly alive, but the morgue is piling up with hundreds of bodies, and the morgue is located right next to the abandoned baby unit.
The office building and hospital in Port-au-Prince have been completely demolished, we have lost all of our paperwork and records which are laying in the debris and blowing around the streets. The project has been completely looted.
The team is traveling to Port-au-Prince tomorrow to go to the Cazeau orphanage. We have reports that Cazeau is not safe because the walls collapsed, there are men with machetes robbing anyone with anything or value, and the people in the neighborhood have stormed the building, over powered the guard, and have taken up occupancy in what is left of the buildings on that property. We intend to remove all the remaining children from Cazeau and take them to Williamson tomorrow.
Madame Chenet is very traumatized, she has been living in her car, and having experience to the devastation, she is likely in shock. Dr. Rodriquez lost 4 family members, Dr. Algenor lost his brother. Our accountant lost his 2 brothers. Madame Chenet said it is total devastation around her.
We urgently need cash donations. We cannot accept supplies yet.
Above all, prayed fervently for the US team and the children, as well as the staff, are medical doctors and medical personnel.
